A documentation of my food obsessions with a focus on restaurant raves, cooking classes and my own delightful creations...Because I'm obsessed with food.

My even NEWER BFF's...

Monday, July 26, 2010

Soooo the drama continues with my craaazy diet plan. I now have a fungul/bacterial thang going on and have to kill it with LOADS of raw garlic (my husband is stoked) and other interesting remedies. So if anyone out there has had to do a candida-ish cleanse while you are pregnant, this is for you. Candida/fungus infections mostly feed on sugar and fermented foods so that makes vinegar, mushrooms, ketchup, agave, mustard, etc all big no-no's. I have this crazy lip rash going on called perleche or angular cheilitis which is a result of this awesome condition. I'll tell you what I've tried and in a week, what's worked.

Ok this is great for fungal treatment but it reeks like rotten onions. I have to figure out how to use it. I bought the lip balm for the beautiful perleche I'm sporting (I look like the Joker) , and it seems to be soothing them for the moment.

This is cooling and soothing and you can put it on your hands or lips to treat rashes and other skin conditions.

MY CABINET FRIENDS...

So these are my newest friends to the weird food craze. The only sweeteners I can use are stevia, xylitol and raw honey. They are actually great and keep me healthy. Did you know xylitol can reduce chances of tooth decaytransmittal from mom to baby in the 1st 2 years? Love it. From wikipedia...

Ok. this stuff is INSANE. I bought it today and tried it with reservations but I knew I was on the right track when the cashier at Whole Foods said; "Have you had this stuff? Its AMAZING". I went home ASAP and scooped some out on a beanito black bean chip. Its really to die for. AND the only ingredients are raw garlic, flax oil & lemon or something. Its genius. Go get some now.